Source: download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ (mu series for early observations, cu for current series).

TXT files are directly downloaded from the website. See website for details.

https://www.bls.gov/cpi/additional-resources/revision-1998-item-structure.htm for differences between entertainment and recreation.


STATA DO FILES:

1)data_processing_4_regions.do takes major price indices  for the four US regions and constructs recreation price by pasting entertainment and recreation price indices. Produces prices_by_region.dta
2)data_processing_US_recreation_detailed.do takes price indices of recreation consumption subcategories for the entire US and constructs real price indices for them. Produces prices_US_rec_detailed.dta. Plots Figures 5c and 7. 
